LaJuan Williams, 33, of Syracuse, was found by officers around 12:01 a.m. inside a house at 204 Essex St., police said. Officers at the time were responding to a report of a disturbance at that address.

Williams was taken to Upstate University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

In August 2003, Williams and another man were shot as they stood smoking at about 4 a.m. in the 3500 block of South Salina Street, according to a Post-Standard article. The other man was shot in the thigh. Williams was shot in the left foot.

According to the article, the two men told police at the time they did not know who shot at them.

Many people living near the house at 204 Essex St. where the shooting occurred Tuesday didn't know anything was wrong until the sound of police sirens woke them, or an officer came knocking at their door.

One man, who lives near the house, didn't notice anything unusual when he walked his dog at 11 p.m.

A woman who lives a few houses down from the scene of the shooting woke just after midnight to the sound of her normally quiet dog barking relentlessly.

"All of us knew something was wrong then," she said.

The woman -- who said she moved to the area six months ago to get away from crime -- said she saw people coming and going from the house nearly every day and at all hours, but had never had any problems with the neighbors.

Sometime after midnight, two ambulances left the scene, she said.

Police were still at the scene gathering evidence Tuesday night.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still unknown and under investigation, Syracuse police said. Little information is being released at present because the investigation is active and ongoing. More information will be released as the investigation progresses, police said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact Syracuse police detectives at 315-442-5222.